Singing Quotes - Page 12

• I grew up performing and singing. And acting, the idea of it just sort of fell into my lap. And I was a little hesitant at first, but I was like, okay, I’ll try it.

  Lucy Hale

  Ideas, Trying, Acting

  "We Shine the Spotlight on PRETTY LITTLE LIARS Star Lucy Hale". Interview with Tiffany Vogt, www.thetvaddict.com. January 8, 2013.

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• I like singing in harmony - I like not having to sing every song.

  Susanna Hoffs

  Song, Harmony

  "We're the Mrs Robinsons of rock". Interview With Dorian Lynskey, www.theguardian.com. March 13, 2003.

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• The Tinted Windows shows were very fun but it's very different for me as a performer. I'm not playing music - I'm just singing and I missed that. I miss rocking out on keys, drums, guitar... whatever it is.

  Taylor Hanson

  Fun, Keys, Guitar

  "Taylor Hanson Isn’t Burning Down Any Hotel Rooms". Interview with Jon Chattman, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 26, 2009.

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• Singing and entertainment are now my first priority.

  William Hung

  Priorities, Firsts, Entertainment

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• I was just trying out and having some fun. I don't think I'd want to pursue singing as a career; it's an on-the-side thing. It would be great if I could make a career out of it but if I can't, that's OK too.

  William Hung

  Fun, Thinking, Careers

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• My singing wasn't horrible, but my dancing really made it look silly. It's not like I'm a horrible singer that can't sing. But I don't have the consistency or the presentation skills that a good performer has.

  William Hung

  Silly, Skills, Dancing

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• Singing is something that I'm always happy to do it and going in the studio I never felt any pressure. I just feel like I get to sing, you know. It's fun.

  Chris Isaak

  Fun, Pressure, Feels

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• In Wales, singing and storytelling are party skills, not professions.

  Rhys Ifans

  Party, Skills, Storytelling

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• Probably some of the songs I never even really listened to the lyrics. Half of them I'd hear off the radio and was probably singing the wrong words and didn't even know it.

  Alan Jackson

  Song, Half, Radio

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I mean, if you asked me what I’m going to be doing when I’m 85, I’d make a quick picture in my mind and, well, I’ll be singing.

  David Johansen

  Mean, Mind, Wells

  "The Survivors: David Johansen". GQ Interview, www.gq.com. November 1, 2011.

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• A Hank Cochran song in the studio is spiritual. It's like singing a hymn in a church.

  Jamey Johnson

  Spiritual, Song, Hymns

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• In 1989, I was on Tiananmen Square with the students, living in their makeshift tents and joining their jubilant singing of the Internationale. In the two decades since, each time that I have gone back, visions from those days seem to return with increasing persistence.

  Ma Jian

  Persistence, Two, Squares

  "The great Tiananmen taboo" by Ma Jian, www.theguardian.com. June 1, 2009.

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• I don't want to be singing my diary.

  Norah Jones

  Diaries, Want

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• I think singing comes most naturally for me. Because it's part of your body - it's a natural thing. You can practice all you want but it's part of your body.

  Norah Jones

  Thinking, Practice, Body

  "Singer / Song-writer Norah Jones TalkAsia Interview Transcript". Interview With Lorraine Hahn, www.cnn.com. February 14, 2004.

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• First of all, I love singing. I mean, I get out of bed and I sing. I can't help it.

  Tom Jones

  Mean, Bed, Firsts

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• I didn't like to be restricted, because when you're in a choir, you have a part to sing and you sing it. I always liked singing on my own.

  Tom Jones

  Choir, My Own

  "Tom Jones: 'Spiritual songs are natural to me'". Interview With Laura Barton, www.theguardian.com. July 1, 2010.

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• Time is my enemy. Time will catch up with me vocally. And I dread that. I dread to think about life without singing.

  Tom Jones

  Thinking, Enemy, Dread

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• As a child, I was always making sound; it was a compulsion. I loved to scream and yell and sing; it freed me from all the thoughts in my head. I begged for opera lessons because opera singing is the most formidable, most emotional way to use your voice.

  Zola Jesus

  Children, Emotional, Voice

  Interview with Elliott Sharp, www.avclub.com. April 25, 2011.

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• The word "theatrical" makes me cringe, because it suggests a performance is staged, put on, rehearsed. And while all this is true for an opera, I believe the act of singing and performing should always be honest, raw, guttural.

  Zola Jesus

  Believe, Opera, Honest

  Interview with Elliott Sharp, www.avclub.com. April 25, 2011.

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• Rapping and singing are not two polar opposites. There's so much middle ground. And I think there's a lot of people who find that middle ground.

  Ezra Koenig

  Rap, Thinking, Opposites

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• 'Tis always morning somewhere, and aboveThe awakening continents, from shore to shore,Somewhere the birds are singing evermore.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Morning, Nature, Bird

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1869). “The Poetical Works”, p.537

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• Ain't singing for Pepsi, ain't singing for Coke, I don't sing for nobody, makes me look like a joke.

  Neil Young

  Rock And Roll, Pepsi, Looks

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• Strumming my pain with his fingers, singing my life with his words, killing me softly with his song.

  Roberta Flack

  Song, Pain, Rock And Roll

  Song: Killing Me Softly with His Song, Album: Killing Me Softly

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• You're singing a song about making love to your drummer, well gay guitar pickers don't turn me on.

  Hank Williams, Jr.

  Song, Gay, Guitar

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I used to listen to Judy Garland all the time - I love Judy Garland and her music. But I started to realize that if you keep singing like that, singing songs of being victimized by love over and over and over again, it can't help but have a profound effect on your life.

  Diane Keaton

  Song, Profound, Helping

  "The Upside of Turning 60" by Diane Keaton, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 20, 2006.

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